Tag Archives: Film Noir
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
BY ROBIN D FOX First off, this 1955 noir classic is amazing; masterful and glorious. Second off, this movie is completely bonkers. Utterly bizarre, operatic, seemingly inconsistent, while simultaneously perfect. The stylization of this movie is way over top, but in a brilliant, groundbreaking way. It begins as a weird twisted thriller, then becomes a […]
ACE IN THE HOLE
BY ROBIN D FOX What can be said about Billy Wilder’s 1951 masterful Ace the Hole (aka The Human Interest Story or The Big Carnival, which was what it was called when I first saw it)? Plenty. A flop in its day and nearly forgotten, Ace in the Hole is a total masterpiece; well before it’s time, which may account for its […]
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